RE: Pricing of copyrights to RPG applications

John,

I'm not an expert in this area but . . .

How much profit would ownership of these copyrights generate for the new
owner?  Assuming that they would pay money up front to the current owner
plus would have expenses related to marketing, what would be left over?

There are formulas for determining the current value of future profit.
That would strike me as a reasonable way to go.  If the parties cannot
reach some reasonable agreement of the revenue potential of the
applications, then it might make more sense to enter into an agreement
for future royalties based upon sale of the applications.  Generous
enough to the agent so that they have an incentive to invest in
marketing and fair enough to the seller so that they feel comfortable
turning over ownership.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Mgwa@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:16 PM
> To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject: Pricing of copyrights to RPG applications
>
> Hello nontechs...
>
> I am trying to sell the copyrights to several applications written in
RPG
> ILE.  The applications were developed for specific clients but the
author
> retained the copyrights hoping to market them to other clients at a
later
> date.  Now, the author simply wants to sell the copyrights and have
the
> Buyer
> do the marketing.
>
> My dilemma: How does one determine how to price such copyrights?
>
> John M. Danneker